Course Goal:
The use of sedimentology especially the depositional environments in petroleum exploration.
Course Objectives:
By the end of this course, participant will be able to learn:
- The different depositional systems and its relation to petroleum exploration.
- The physical properties of the sediments
- The relation of the sedimentologic data with seismic and logs
- The use of sedimentology in petroleum exploration and production
Course Outline:
- Sedimentologic & stratigraphic principles.
- Relative & Absolute dating techniques.
- Environment – diagnostic sedimentary structures.
- Physical properties of sediments.
- Origin & significance of overpressure.
- Extracting sedimentologic data from seismic & borehole logs.
- Extracting sedimentologic data from image logs.
- Petrophysical problems of thin beds.
Who Can Benefit?
Geologists, geophysicists and petroleum engineers.
